Gas CT cisternography of trigeminal neuralgia caused by AVM of the cerebellopontine angle.
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چکیده
Recently, percutaneous thermocoagulation [1-3] or retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy [4, 5] has been used in the treatment of tic douloureux. In a few unsuccessful cases, lesions such as multiple sclerosis, tumors of the cerebellopontine angle, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), or aneurysm of the vertebrobasilar artery system have been reported as the causative factors [5] . Among these, AVM is rare. This report describes the usefulness of gas-contrast CT (gas CT) cisternography in a case of failure of retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 8 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987